SHS Team-teaching Workshop

Facilitators: Yamaguchi Akiko (JTE)

Anne Tan (ALT)

What every teacher wants in an OC class

Lessons that will motivate students to use English confidently in a real-life situation

To achieve this, lessons need to

•Be easy to understand

•Contain interesting information

•Have useful expressions

•Include confidence-building activities

Timeline

13:00 – 13:05 Introduction of workshop13:05 – 13:20 Short demonstration 13:20 – 13:25 Instructions/Form groups13:25 – 13:45 Group discussion13:45 – 13:50 Make new groups13:50 – 14:30 Group report & feedback14:30 Conclusion

Topic #1 Students can remember the words taught

during OC class for the time it takes to do a class activity. However, once lesson is over, parts of what they have learnt are forgotten (for example, pronunciation, sentence structure).

Thus, they do not have the confidence to use what they know, outside of the classroom.

How can we help students to retain and apply what they have learnt?

Cause

• No familiarity with words

• Vocabulary is taught in isolation from grammar point

• Words taught are not used again.

Remedy• Flashcards

BEFORE: New word & pictureNOW: New word & picture

Used in context with a grammar point Change in flashcard methodology

• Words/phrases learnt are re-used in subsequent lessons– For example, clothing & money vocabulary is used in a

shopping lesson

• Speaking test– Motivated students to use vocabulary/grammar phrase in an

original manner & practice speaking independently

Instructions

1. 8 topics have been picked for discussion

2. Each group will discuss 1 topic

3. Briefly discuss the cause

4. Think of strategies/activities that we can use

Modus Operandi • Make groups of 5

– There has to be at least 1 JTE, 1 1st year ALT, 1 2nd (and above) year ALT in each group

• Every group will pick one question from this box

• You have 20 min to discuss this question

• EVERYONE HAS TO TAKE NOTES

• After 20 min, break up and form another group of 5

• In your new group, you should be the only representative of the issue you have discussed

• In 40 min, please share what you have previously discussed and ask for feedback (approximately 8 min for each issue)

• Representatives, please take notes of new ideas

• At the end of this session, please hand in these notes. It will be scanned and sent to all participants of the workshop

Topics1. Please think of innovative ways to conduct speaking practice activities (e.g. conversation practice) in pairs/groups.

Please state a lesson topic(if applicable) before providing specific examples.

2. What activities can we plan to create a conducive environment (in class & outside class) for students to use the words or expressions that they have learnt in class?

3. Many ALTs have to make several lesson plans each week to suit the different English curriculum of each school. This can mean lesson plans for different topics or lesson plans for different classes that have differing language abilities.Can you share 1) any strategies that you use to make this an easier task2) any activities that can be easily adapted to suit different topics or different classes that have differing language abilities ?

4. How can we integrate culture into a lesson? Please state a lesson topic [e.g. Christmas, food, travel, music etc] (if required) before providing specific examples.

5. Please share any strategies or activities that will help students focus on the English spoken in the classroom and not rely solely on the JTE’s Japanese translation. Please try to be specific.

6. It is common to have a class where students have differing language abilities. What are some lesson planning/class management strategies that will let us help students of both strong and weak language abilities?

7. What are some activities that balances learning and fun in the lesson? Please state a lesson topic([e.g. Christmas, food, travel, music etc] (if applicable) before providing specific examples.

8. Please share some strategies of how OC lessons can be made to complement normal English classes

Think of as many ideas as you can!

Conclusion

• Be open

• Make time

• Worksheet - Areas for improvements

Thank you!